Daily Republican., 1887-08-12


MA able, was us~ rvsfed. The entire
capacity OF the ,ils.e village WAS taxed
and kind hearted women drove IN from
miles to give their gentle ministrations
to tho suiferers.
WRECKED FOR .PLUHDER.
No sooner had the wreck occurred
than q scene Of robbery commenced
Some band of unspeakabie miscreapts, /,
heartless, and with only animal in.
stincts. was on hand, and like the guer.
illas who throDg . battlefield the mtg ht
after the oonhiot, and Elch from the
dead the money which they received
for their meagre pay, stealing evan the
bropzs medals and robbipg from the
children of heroes the other worth,ess
emblems OF their fathers bravery, 90
last night did these haraan hyenas
plundsr the dead frsm this terrible &C
rcident, and take even the shoes Viii b
covered their feet.
They went into the care when the Gre
was burning hsroely underneath, and
when the poor wretches who were
pinned there begged them "ier God q
sake 10 help thsm out" stripped them
OF thsir watches and jewslry and
searched their pockets for money.
When the dead bodies were laid OUT
In the corn folds these hyenss turned
them over In their search for value b,es,
and that the plurdering was done by sn
organised gang WAS proven by the fact
that this morning out In the corn field
sixteen purses. oil ompty, were found In
one heap. 1t was ghastly plundering,
and had the plunderers been caught {
this afternoon they would surely have
been lynchod.
WHAT CAUsED IT.
There have been many guesses as to
the bridge and csused the accident, bot
30 far they are nothing but guess es. The
most probable one 10 tha. spark from
the furnace Of the engine of . train
which passed two hours before caused
the blaze.
Another aud startling theory is tb q
one OF train wreckiDg. They point to
the fact that there we're lot Of thieves
about. To the additional fact that the ,
seemed TO be members Of an organiza-
tion working together, and the diaboli'
cal hesrtlessnees with which they went
about their work Indicated dsvilishness
which would stop ct nothing.
The residents Of the town threw open
their houses for the reception of the
dead and wounded, but the former
were taken to the improvised morgue.
Friends and relatives Of the dead came
to Chatsworth with the remains, and
the scenes In the different places where
the bodies lay was most heartrending
and distressing. As the day passed
bodies were being continually brought
10 from the scene Of the wreox.
A FATHER BLOWS OUT HIS BRAINS.
There was one incident of tho acc
dent which stood out more horrible
than all of those horrible scenes. In
the second coach was man, his wife
and little child. His name could nc.
be learned to day, but 1t Is said he 60.
on ct Peoria. When the accident oc
CURED, the entire family of three was
caught and held down by broken wood
work. Finally when relief came the
man turned to the friendly, and feebly
said, "Take out my wife first, I'm
afraid the child 10 dead"
30 they carried out the mother, and
as broken seat was taken off her crushed
breast the blood which flowed from heI
lips told how badly she was hurt. They
carried the child-fair. haired, blue ey ed
girl of three-and laid her In the corn
field, dead, alongside of her dyinG
mother. Then they went back for tht
father and brought him ous.
Both hts legs were broken, but ht
orawled through the corn to the side o.
his wife, and feeling her loved features
In the darkness, pressed some brandy
to her lips and asked her how she felt
A feeble groan WAS the only answer
and the next instant she died.
The man felt the forms Of bis deaf
wife and child, and cried out my God
there 10 nothing more for me to live 70
now" and taking q pistol out Of hi
pocket pulled the trigger. The bulle
went surely through his brain, and th
three dead bodies OF that little famil.
are now lying side by side IN CHATS
worth waiting to be identified.